Improvement in stalls for horses



LPLPETERS, PHOTD-LJTROGRAPHEF, WASHINGTON, D C.

" SAMUEL BENT', oE PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 1111426, dated January 31,1871; a'ntedated January 21, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN `STALLS FOR HORSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

.'Z'ov all whom 'it 'may concern Be -it known that I, SAMUEL S. BENT, of Port Chester, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, haveinvented and made an Improvement in Stable-Fittings; and the follo`wing is declared to be a correct description thereof.

The object otl this invention is to firmly secure-the ends of the planking employed in a stable, and facilitate the introduction oi` swinging hay-racks, manger, or water-troughs, so'that they will be very firmly secured in place, and easily employed when the`horse is to be fed or watered. l

`I make use of a metal frame that receives the ends of the hoarding of the stall and sustains the same, so that said boarding issecnrelysustained around the opening made in such boarding,` and within this frame the manger, water-trough, or hayrack is hung upon vertical or nearly vertical axes, so that sue-h trough, manger, or rack can receive the food or water while outside of the stall, and when the proper time arrives for feeding or watering the horse the said receptacle can be swung into the stall through the opening in said frame.

In the drawing I have shown in- Figure 1, an elevation of the front of the stall, and in l Figure 2, 'a section at ,the line a; x, and

Figure 3 is a section in larger size of the troughshaped metal frame.

The hay-rack a, manger b, and water-trough o are made in'any desired or well-known shape or size."

The frame d for each ofthese is of a size and shape adapted to the article and to the reception of the vertical pins or pivots 2, upon which the parts swing as turned through the boarding into the stall, or swing out therefrom.

The frames d are each made of a trough-shape, as seen in iigs. Zand 3, for receiving the ends of the planking or boarding e of the stall.

I vprefer to have the said bolted together, (see'g. he set together, and then frame set thereinto, plied thereto,

3,) so that the boarding can the opening sawed out, the and the separate ange then apand the parts firmly bolted together.

frames made in two parts, -V

In this manner the boarding and frame mutually sup.

. port each other; rendering the stall very strong.

I provide countersnnk bolts i t', set in the frame or boarding to hold the manger, rack, or trough, when turned into or swung out of thc stall,l so that food or drink can be introduced in such receptacles and swung into the stall for the aniinals use whenever required.

In the unter-trough o I provide a plug, Z, so that dirty or stale water can be drawn off freely into a pail or otherwise previous to the introduction of fresh water.

swing, give more room than usual within the stall when they are swung out, and by arranging the parts in the manner shown the manger can swingl into one corner of the stall, the water-trough into the other, and the'hay-rack, of nearly a quarter-globular shape, will occupy the middle portion ofthe end of the stall.

The hay-rack might behalf the size shown, so as to set into acorner.

I remark that the flame d has to be made with a depression or opening at m, to allow the trough with the plug l 01 delivery-tube to swing into or out of thestall. i

The frame of the hay-rack is made as represented in iig. 2, so as to be adapted to receiving the wooden back, the frame having a shoulder or olf-set, as seen at 6, so that the planking can be introduced and secured \by nails or pins passing through the frame.

`I elaini as my invention 1. The frame d, for receiving the ends or edges ot' the planking of the stall, and also the pivots or axesI on which the manger or trough swings, the parts being constructed substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The metal manger, with the frame and shoulder 6, to receive the wooden back, substantially as sot forth.

Dated May 16, A. D. 1870.

SAMUEL S. BENT.

Witnesses HAROLD SEREELL, LEMUEL W. SEERELL.

he manger and troughs being mounted so as to 

